Erika Dalya Massaquoi is the Assistant Dean of the School of Art & Design at The Fashion Institute of Technology. She has taught classes on contemporary art, cinema, music, and emerging technologies at Yale University, New York University, and The New School for Social Research. As a curator, her work has been exhibited at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) List Visual Arts Center, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Spelman College Museum of Fine Arts. Additionally, she has held curatorial positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the American Museum of the Moving Image. Erika received her Ph.D. from New York University and undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Feminist Press.Tumblr (3.0; @erikadalya)http://www.erikadalya.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygzcpIlsu1qlohnjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Image via <a href="http://www.sagasig.com" target="_blank">Saga Sig</a>.</em></p> <p>Saga Sig is a math/art creative who identifies flow in color, texture, patterns—her Icelandic roots and mystical stories from her childhood about ghosts and elves inform her work. Saga’s goal is “to look further and explore: new cameras, new processes in the darkroom. Always remain open-minded and employ technology.”</p>http://www.erikadalya.com/post/16586839977http://www.erikadalya.com/post/16586839977Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0500avant-gardephotographyI recently presented my research on the topic above at Konsthall C: http://www.konsthallc.se/http://www.erikadalya.com/post/16539241285http://www.erikadalya.com/post/16539241285Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:48:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfdjfeTxj1qlohnjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is the urban street style bible. I invited Jamel Shabazz to present and speak about  his work to our Art & Design students at FIT this spring. Shabazz has been described as “the best kind of photojournalist: one driven by curiosity about other human beings.”</p>http://www.erikadalya.com/post/16538770208http://www.erikadalya.com/post/16538770208Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:40:00 -0500xsphotojournalism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqv1pqhn3F1qlohnjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The subject of Intellectual Property Rights is always on trend.</p>http://www.erikadalya.com/post/9676198942http://www.erikadalya.com/post/9676198942Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:17:49 -0400intellectual property<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpf2k68kHJ1qlohnjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>For the past five years, community driven art interventions in Brazil have led to dynamic favela paintings. This hillside project, which spans over 34 houses and includes the local samba school, is located in Santa Marta.</p>http://www.erikadalya.com/post/8478984538http://www.erikadalya.com/post/8478984538Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:40:00 -0400brazilcommunity artfavelapainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxcqph70J1qlohnjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><!--EndFragment--> <p><span>A vintage </span><span>Malick Sidibé</span><span> photograph in the artist’s hand-painted frame. </span><span>Sidibé</span><span> completed his studies in design and jewelry at the École des Artisans Soudanais (now the Institut National des Arts) in Bamako, Mali; this art and design foundation influenced his photo-documentary practice. I love how the girls are so relaxed and stylish in this portrait; how very <em><span>soigné</span></em><span class="vi">. </span></span></p> <p><span>Photo courtesy of the artist and <a href="http://www.jackshainman.com/artist-images39.html" target="_blank">Jack Shainman Gallery</a>, NY.</span> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://www.erikadalya.com/post/7309717471http://www.erikadalya.com/post/7309717471Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:30:00 -0400Malick Sidibéphotojournalism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmycu9g83b1qlohnjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A detail from <em>“bridge and tunnel kids have more fun (The Return of La Morena),” 2011</em>, by Janelle Iglesias. The artist’s work can be seen in <em><strong>El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011</strong></em> which features the most innovative, cutting-edge art created by Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area.</p>http://www.erikadalya.com/post/6631961696http://www.erikadalya.com/post/6631961696Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:56:00 -0400latin american artistsnew yorkcontemporary art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lml5s0TXy61qlohnjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just published by <a href="http://www.feministpress.org/" target="_blank">The Feminist Press</a> in the form of a graphic novel <em>Who Is Ana Mendieta?</em> is an iconoclastic cultural biography of the Cuban American feminist artist whose bold work about the female body and violence helped change the course of art history.</p>http://www.erikadalya.com/post/6389605487http://www.erikadalya.com/post/6389605487Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:55:00 -0400art historyfeminismgraphic novels